Live Young, Die Free - Overkill

The distant sound of mercy ringing in my eyes

Far from the masses fades away

Closed my eyes and waited for the pain to pass

Recalled a little story heard today

Yeah, I’m feeling trapped

So locked away

Caught in a downward spiral

In, into the black

I won’t be back

Yeah I’ll be here a while

Don’t need to see, your face

Don’t need to hear a word you say

Don’t need to know, your name

Or why you’re here

Shadows of the past appear in front of me

Into the masses disappear

The sound of silence ringing for a greater good

To this point I can’t believe my ears

Yeah, coming unwrapped

Starting to fray

Walking the final mile

In, into the black

I won’t back

Choose to be here a while

Then I saw your face

And I heard the words you said

Then I recalled your name

And why I’m here

When I look into your eyes an' saw how much you cried

An' I had a revelation

The pain wouldn’t pass, the scars they would last

Into God’s creation

Blessed secrets holding me

Then we all closed our eyes, an' laid down and sighed

Live young die free

A distant chime of mercy ringing one last time

Into the masses turns to clay

Molded into what is now, the greater good

To close the story yesterday

Don’t need to see your face

Don’t need to hear a word you say

Don’t need to know your name

Or why you’re here

Then a child of a liar put his hands into the fire

Called it discontention

And a man with the word repeated what he heard

Led to mass confusion

Blessed secrets, agony

Then the child closed his eyes and laid down and died

Live young die free